English: Mansar is located 45 km northeast of Nagpur, Maharashtra, is a famous archaeological site where large excavation has taken place, resulting in the discovery of brick Structures containing the Buddhist Monastery, Buddhist Box Pattern Stupa, small temples and the huge Palace complex identified as Pravarapura which was the capital of the Vakataka king Pravarasena II. So far 5 sites have been excavated in Mansar, which are designated as MNS 1-5. A huge palace complex was built on a high raised solid brick platform with an entrance from the west. It consists of many large and small rooms, surrounded by a corridor between the inner and outer main walls of the palace. The outer walls of the palace are decorated with pilaster mouldings which were lime-plastered with red and white colour alternately. The palace was fortified by a massive brick wall on all four sides. The structures have a terraced arrangement with a number of straight and curving steps, arrays of round brick projections of various heights and sizes. The excavation revealed four cultural periods: Period I - Maurya-Sunga (300 BC to 200 BCE), Period II - Satvahana (200 BCE to 250 CE), Period III - Gupta-Vakataka (275 to 550 CE) and Period IV designated as the rule of Vishnukundin. A Shiva temple belonging to the Vakataka period was also found built in bricks on one of the hillocks that consists of an octagonal sanctum provided with black granite with approach steps.